Rum"ble (?), v. i. [OE. romblen, akin to D. rommeln, G. rumpeln, Dan. rumle; cf. Icel. rumja to roar.]
1.
To make a low, heavy, continued sound; as, the thunder rumbles at a distance.
In the mean while the skies 'gan rumble sore.
Surrey.
The people cried and rombled up and down.
Chaucer.
2.
To murmur; to ripple.
To rumble gently down with murmur soft.
Spenser.
<--3. to engage in a fight, usu. between street gangs.-->
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Rum"ble, n.
1.
A noisy report; rumor.
[Obs.]
Delighting ever in rumble that is new.
Chaucer.
2.
A low, heavy, continuous sound like that made by heavy wagons or the reverberation of thunder; a confused noise; as, the rumble of a railboard train.
Clamor and rumble, and ringing and clatter.
tennyson.
Merged in the rumble of awakening day.
H. James.
3.
A seat for servants, behind the body of a carriage.
Kit, well wrapped, . . . was in the rumble behind.
Dickens.
4.
A rotating cask or box in which small articles are smoothed or poliched by friction against each other.
<-- rumble seat, a seat in the rear of an automobile, outside the passenger cabin, which folds out from the body -->
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Rum"ble, v. t.
To cause to pass through a rumble, or shaking machine. See Rumble, n., 4.
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